Pail-cover fastener.



` PATENTED AUG. 28,A .1906.

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FAIL-COVER FASTENER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aeg. 28,1906.

Application ledNDvembervl'?, 1905. Serial No. 287,892.

To @El wiz/bm it may concern/ Be it known that I, THOMAS K. PARnIsH, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Richmond, county of Henrico, State of Virginia, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Pail Cover Fasteners, of which the following is a full and' clear specification, reference being had tointersected recess for receiving the folded end of the fastening-strap, Fig. 3, a detail of the fastening-strap before it is applied; Fig. 4, a detail, enlarged, of the fastening-strap applied; and Fig. 5, a vertical section of Fig. 4.

This invention relates to improvements upon the device covered by the Prescott patent, No. 365,703, datedJune 28, 1887, inwhich the cover is heldby a series of straps and a movable hoop or ring, the straps being loo ed under the hoop with their two free en s drawn up and bent over upon the upper surface of the cover and fastened thereto by nai s.

The object of the present improvement is to more securely fasten the cover as well as to avoid the use of a movable ring or hoop and to employ instead thereof the topmost permanent hoop of the pail.

A further object is to so construct the device that a shorter strap may be employed and to avoid the necessity of nailingh'both ends of the stsgap to the top of the cover, as mQre fully hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings annexed by reference characters, a, designates the uppermost permanent hoop of the pail, whic slightly embedded in the staves to hold it against movement. "At intervals around the ail recesses b are formed, in such relation to t e hoop that the hoop crosses all the re cesses. One end of the fastening-strap c' is provided with a nail-hole, and in applying this stra the end oppositethe end having the nailole is inserted up into thev recess b under the hoop, and then the free end of the strap is bent over upon the top of the cover and nailed thereto. As many of these fastening-stra s as are necessary are employed.

Generally t ee will be sufficient, disposed at vshown therein. 'feature of importance 1n my mvention hes m equal distances around the pail. The main part of the strap when it is bent upward covers and protects the inner end of the strap, which lies against the face of the staves. The looped end lies snugly'in the recess and is prevented from lateral movement on the hoop by the vertical walls vof .the recess, so that it will be impossible to loosen or dislodge the strap during transportation and handling of the pail.

It will be observed that my improved fastening requires the employment of a minimum of strap metal and but a single fastening-n ail, and, further, that one of the permanent hoops of the pail is employed as the anchoring means for the looped end of the strap. vIt will be observed also that my fastening may be very quickly applied to the pail, it being simply necessary to insert one end of the strap up under the hoop and bend the single free end down upon the cover and nail it thereto.

I am aware of the patent to Smith, No. v

450,261, dated April 14, 1891, and I do not claim anything therein shown. I am also aware of the patent to Keyes, No. 355,538, dated January 4, 1887, andl wish it 'unden stood that I make .no claim to anything It will be observed that a cutting recesses in the exterior of the pail and having these recesses extend from a point below the uppermost permanent hoop to a-point above the hoop, so that the unfastened end of the strap may be passed up under the hoop below and will lie against the exterior of the pail and be covered by the main part of the strap when the same is bent u ward and fastened down on the pail-cover. e vertical edges ofeach recess prevent the looped free end of the strap from being dislaced laterally, as such displacement would lbosen the tautness of the strap and the straps would then tion.

What I claim, and vdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination, a pail provided with a cover and a perixmnent hoop near its top and be displaced.v during transportav roo a series o'f recesses in its exterior,A each of said recesses extending from a point below theA hoopte a point above the hoop, and a 4series of iiexible fastening-straps, each of these straps having its lower end looped .under the hoop and its free end bent over upon and In testimony whereof l hereunto affix 'my e s1gnature,1n the presence of two Witnesses, 1o

fastened to the top face of the cover, said i this 16th day of October, 1905.

looped end lying Within one of the aforesaid recesses and extending upward to a point above the hoo and lying a einst the pailbody behind t 1e main part o? the strap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS K. PARRISH.v

Vitnesses:

W. B. SIMMONS, A. J. BRENT 

